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By Peter Eatough, engineering director, Veka. The fenestration and fabrication industries are on the cusp of a truly transformational wave. As we approach three decades of closed loop PVC-U recycling being available in the UK, advances in technology are making it easier than ever to reuse materials and mitigate the risks associated with them heading to landfill or being incinerated...
Selecta Systems sales director, Andy Green – who has amassed over 33 years’ service at the system’s company – explains why building strong partnerships and loyalty in business are so important, whilst thanking four customers and a number of employees who have each surpassed over 30 years with Selecta. Established in 1982, Selecta Systems has grown, building an established customer...
Regulations, market demand and a commitment to acting in the best interests of the wider community has pushed sustainability to the top of the agenda for manufacturers. Head of marketing at Reynaers Aluminium UK, Samantha Hill, discusses the company’s commitment to sustainability, while delivering high performance products and meeting consumer demand. Reynaers Aluminium prides itself in focusing on the future...
By Jo Trotman, marketing manager, The Residence Collection. In recent years, the demand for heritage alternative products that mimic the traditional look of timber while offering modern benefits has surged. As homeowners seek to retain the charm of period properties without compromising on functionality and efficiency, timber alternatives have become increasingly popular. With multiple options flooding the market, installers face...
With sustainability becoming hugely important for both consumers and fabricators, Russell Hand, head of product management & technical at Rehau UK, discusses why value-added services from manufacturers, such as a frame recovery programme, can help fabricators and installers meet their sustainability goals. Environmental pressures and drives for sustainability are encouraging recycling and reuse across all areas of our personal and...
Alumina represents Liniar’s premium aluminium door line-up. The range comprises bi-folding, French, and residential door options, and has been designed to make the coordination of aluminium and PVC-U products into a wider project much easier. With a background in design, development and fabrication, secondary operations director, Daryl Fradley, explains more. Alumina is ideal for larger openings due to its strength...
Today for Tomorrow is the Kömmerling mantra that underpins all business activities, decisions and strategies for the future explains Robert Thiroff, managing director of Profine UK and Kommerling. When it comes to sustainability, we look at it on both a local, country specific basis and on our overall impact from a global perspective. After all, Profine Group is a global...
The Vial range of premium quality, high specification aluminium windows and doors has been launched in the UK, a product offer that has been introduced for installers who are looking to target lucrative sales at the top end of the new build and home improvement market. Manufactured and supplied by a long-established, family-owned Greek fabricator of the same name, the...
Ray McGrady, commercial director at Epwin Window Systems, looks at why the fenestration industry needs to take the lead on sustainability – and how the systems company is doing just that. To understand why our industry needs to take sustainability seriously, consider the fact that the built environment and construction sector accounts for 38% of global carbon emissions. There are...
Targets to cut carbon emissions and shifting consumer expectations mean the one thing that you can be certain of in 2024 is that sustainability will remain at the top of the agenda. There are very few things which we can be certain about but the importance of sustainability in construction, in home improvement, in each and every aspect of our...
Consultation on the Future Homes Standard closed at the end of March so what do fabricators and installers need to know? Greg Tabberer, product and technical manager at Deceuninck explains. Consultation closed on the Future Homes and Building Standard on the 27 March. After the level of expectation that had been placed on it in the run up to publication,...
Aluplast’s modern Ecotech profile is helping to forge new relationships in the window supply chain. We talk to Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing, Ian Cocken, to find out more. The term ‘sustainability’ was almost consigned to a meaningless tick-box term in the last decade, according to Aluplast’s director of sales and marketing Ian Cocken, which would have let a...
The fenestration industry is said to be experiencing a shift in trends as searches for ‘2024 interior trends’ has surged by more than 80% in the last month alongside brands unveiling their chosen colours of the year for 2024. Consequently, systems houses such as The Residence Collection have said that they are ‘aligning with consumer preferences and installer demand’ by...
Glass Times talks to Martin Hitchin, CEO at Rehau UK, about the highlights of 2023 and the outlook for the year ahead. Q: What have been the major successes of Rehau UK’s strategy in 2023? Martin Hitchin (MH): One of the successes I was really proud of this year was how hard we’worked to establish Rehau UK as a whole...
Having aluminium systems does not necessarily mean you need to have deep, bulky sections says Andrew Charlesworth, director of global category management at WarmCore. Hybrid platforms can provide better solutions, as he explains. There are distinct markets for aluminium and PVC-U and their applications are crossing over more than ever before. Go back 10 years and aluminium adoption by consumers...
By Gary Driscoll, sales & commercial director at Eurocell. Last year was tough trading for many industries, not just ours. Yet I believe there is room for cautious optimism in glass and glazing in 2024 despite many of the challenges we face still at play. In 2023, the market saw a slowdown in home improvements following the boom during...
Things may be tougher but the ‘grey pound’ still has big potential, according to Deceuninck’s Rob McGlennon – especially when you’re talking about flush and foiled products. Consumer research is thin on the ground in the UK window and door industry. Deceuninck is one of the companies to make the investment, commissioning YouGov to conduct a series of polls into...
Selecta Systems’ sales director, Andy Green, analyses the figures from the most recent Insight Data industry report, and explains why there seems to be a surge in new fabrication start-ups and installers going back in to or start fabricating. Having visited the 2023 Glazing Summit and digested the latest industry figures, the statistics seem to demonstrate that there is a...
Ben Brocklesby, director at Origin, the UK manufacturer of aluminium windows and doors, emphasises the critical importance of prioritising sustainable suppliers and outlines how to identify them. Incorporating sustainability and social responsibility into decision-making processes is becoming increasingly important for homeowners and businesses alike as they become more conscious of their environmental impact. With more focus on Corporate Social Responsibility...
By Adrian Redshaw, design director, Sheerline. There’s been a move towards using WERs and DSER’s rather than U-values to achieve Part L compliance for aluminium products since the tightening of Part L regulations last year. We believe this is a short term ‘work-around’ rather than a real solution to the need to improve the energy efficiency of our housing stock...